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WILLIAM MONT STORM, O-F MEW YORK, N. Y. Letters .Patent No. 64,457,dated llfay 7, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN LIQUID METERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MONT STORM, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Instrument for'McasuringLiquids, of which`the following specification embraces a full and fairdescription. l

Figure 1, on the accompanying drawing, represents a cross-section of mymeter.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section, one end being broken o`,'asit is the exact counterpart of the end shown. y v

My meter was more particularly designed for the measurement ofspirituous liquors, such as whiskey, it being intended to be attached tothe worm of a still, and the liquor pass through the meter as it runsci?. In a general sense its construction is simi-lar to that of a steampump, being constituted of a cylinder of metal, a a, with its head b,valve-chest e, induction passages d (Z,- exhaust 'passage e, die. Toavoid rust and the action of certain acids liable to be present inwhiskey as it comes from the still, the cylinder a is lined with a glasscylinder, a a', and the metal cylinder has openings out through it oncach side, as x :r :v x,'so that the action of the pistons tc., may beobserved. The pistons ff slide to and fro on a central rod, g, theextremities of which pass through the heads b, and are supported andfixed in brackets, h, which are in turn fixed to the heads.

As it would be scarcely practicable to build a meter to hold exactly agiven number of gallons, I make the pistons f adjustable by aright-and-left screw, as shown, so that by setting them closer togetheror further apart I can regulate the capacity of the meter to the desiredpoint, as will be understood'. By suspending my pistons, so to expressit, on the rod g, the resistance to their motion from friction is farless than it would be if contact between their peripheries and thecylinder a a. were their only guide. t' is a common D-slide valve, theaction, Ste., of which is uell known The valve-rod j passes the end ofthe valve'chest into what I call the i lever-chest k, and there connectswith the long end of a simple lever, Z, as'shown, and the fulcrum ofwhich is at Z. The shorter ond of this lever spans the fixed rod g.Fitting this rod and passing through the head b is a sleeve, e, on whichagain is an adjustable collar, z.

Now, the action of the meter is as follows: Suppose the pistons to bemoving by the pressure ofthe head of liquor in the worm of the stilltoward the left on the drawing, when the corresponding piston strikesthe sleeve z it will of course be pushed outward, and its collar zpushing against thc lever Z, this, in turn, moves the rodj and reversesthe valve z', and so on continuously, as will be readily understood. Thecollar z is made adjustable with a set-screw, or other suitable device,so as to cause the valve t' to be reversed a little sooner or later, asmay be desired, and as will be at once understood. m is a little cock bywhich (when the meter is to remain idle for a length of time) theliquor, that would have gradually leaked in between the pistons, may bel drawn oii`. n is another cock communicating 'with the lever, chest,and cylinder for a similar purpose. Motion may beobtained from the meterto operate a register by extending the fulcrunrrod of lever Z outthrough the side of the lever-chest Zc, and attaching to such outer enda short slotted crank, Src., in manner common and readily understood. li Having now fully described my meter, what I claim therein, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. I claim the-arrangement of the valve z', rod j, and lever Z,operating in conjunction with the sleeve z and piston f, as and Yfor thepurpose described.

2. I claim regulating a. liquid meter, constructed substantiaily asdescribed, by means of the adjustable i pistons ff, as and for thepurpose explained. i i 3. I claim the glass cylinder a, embracing apiston or pistons moving on a central rod and supported by a lperforated exterior case, as and for the purpose specified. l v WM. MONTSTORM. Witnesses:

Janus Gourou, Jr., Jas. S. W'IGHTMAN.

